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Ensuring water for my New Olive Tree Grove | Swales on Contour | Permaculture Farm

Huttons Valley Permaculture

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Building swale to support a new olive tree grove. It's important to plan for success when planting in a new area. In today's video I discuss the thinking behind and also show the building of swales along the side of a gully where I am planting young olive trees. The olive trees need the hottest spot on the property which is also potentially the driest. By building these swales means that these plants will get as much moisture as possible with little effort - it's all in the design.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:31 Observe the site
2:10 How to use A frame
3:33 Planning first swale
4:34 Digging first swale
5:24 Spring in flow and along swale
7:05 Continuing swale build
8:16 Planning for more mini swales
8:50 Work on upper mini swales
13:14 lower mini swales
14:00 Diagrammatic of swale installation
14:25 Planting olive trees
15:55 Planting support trees
18:00 Outro
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@nolan_on-air557 9 месяцев назад

This lady is a machine 💪

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 9 месяцев назад

I wish haha!! Thanks for watching 😊

@amyblueskyirl16 Год назад

Thanks for this, best practical illustration of manually using a transit and making swales that I’ve been able to find!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thank you - the trees are doing great and getting the water they need!!

@kroegermarkus1170 Год назад

Beautiful and excellent work! Very satsfying to watch. Awesome Linda!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Markus- it was one of those jobs you keep thinking about and never get to. Nice to be on the other side of it 😄

@MessyTimes 25 дней назад

Thanks for sharing your process.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 25 дней назад

Thanks for watching 😊

@albertorodriguez6287 Год назад

Brilliant

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

😊

@az55544 Год назад

Processing my own olives is one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

That’s good to hear! I’m certainly looking forward to a harvest one day. Those trees are growing well and one had a few fruit on it already. It will be a wonderful day when I get enough for processing! Thanks for watching and sharing 😊

@tydeg2887 Год назад

Good video! Thanks for making it.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Pleased you enjoyed it 😊

@LittleGardenBigDreams Год назад

Really enjoyed this video Linda. You are such a hard worker with all the systems you are putting in around your property. Here’s to your future olive harvests 🙌🏼 xx Cathi xx 😘

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Cathi! Looking forward to reaping the rewards down the track!

@SamuHell782 Год назад

I helped my Dad collect his olives with a 4 square net only sown on 3 sides so it would create a collar around the trunk and swat the branches sideways with very long eucalyptus poles... Then fold net in half and drag it to the next tree... he has over 100 trees and I hated every second of it. This was on a flat land. All the best and more power to you.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thank you!! Yeah collecting the olives may prove too much of a challenge down the track but it’s the most likely spot for the trees to get enough sun to actually produce the olives so can’t win really!

@stewartthomas2642 6 месяцев назад

Love your stuff kick on love it 👍 ❤

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! ☺️

@CallMePreet 6 месяцев назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! If you are interested I’m working on a review video that shows how the trees are going (amongst other things) - that will be published Sunday 31st!

@backtonature433 Год назад

Great job,can't wait to see the progress 👏 👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Yes I can’t wait to see the progress too!!

@backtonature433 Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture 🤗🤗🤗🤞🤞🤞

@lorrainerichardson3280 Год назад

I love your planning. As you say watching the landscape and working with it is the way to go. Have a good week. =-)

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Lorraine- you have a good one too 😄

@wildlifegardenssydney7492 5 месяцев назад

The fence! the old fence!…and the old old fence!……….😏😂😂😂 amongst all your great trench mini swale work!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 5 месяцев назад

Haha - never know what you’ll find 😆

@wildlifegardenssydney7492 5 месяцев назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture 🎯😏

@countrymousesfarmhouse497 Год назад

Wow incredible info. 🤩I forgot all about the A frame to do contours,we've been winging it but I'm pleased to say that its working. We focused so far on moving water to stop it washing soil off our property and to stop it flooding our laundry. Next up we're making sure we keep all that precious water on our place. Then we'll plant out with natives and edibles. Its such a long process to watch and see how water moves on a property but its paying off now slowly. I am studying "the earth users guide to permaculture " when I can and it uses a plumb bob , I really like the spirit level. Ill see what timber we have and make one like yours. Definitely saving this video for future reference. Fantastic video and great workout for you lovely 😉💜

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Sounds like you’re getting it all happening there!! I’ve just started to read Rosemary Morrows new edition Earth Restorers Guide to Permaculture. Great to be reminded of things or sometimes get a different perspective!

@countrymousesfarmhouse497 Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture oooh that book sounds great. It feels like its taking forever to make a difference here but when friends visit and we point out what else we've done since their last visit, it actually is getting there. Only being here 2 yrs too, I can't wait to see it in 10 ! 🥰

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

When I did my PDC they said that you’ll over estimate what you can do in one year but underestimate what is achieved after 5 years! Ten years - should be absolutely amazing 🤩

@christasmicroflowerfarm2695 Год назад

I'm finding your channel most interesting and am looking forward to seeing your property develop into that food forest.🌳

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thank you! I’m three years in and they (well my PDC teachers) say it takes 7 years for everything to pop!! I’m doing it myself so might take longer. I’m excited by it all and am excited to share the progress with anyone who is interested!!

@noahautumn7611 4 месяца назад

Nice 🌺 place 👌

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 4 месяца назад

Thanks 😊

@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793 4 месяца назад

Fantastic job 😊😊😊. I’ve been making a series of swale’s myself. So satisfying watching them fill with rain water.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 4 месяца назад

Yes it’s definitely the best part - very satisfying to see it working!

@bennyboy4922 Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing your practical knowledge with us all.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks I’ll let you know how it actually goes!!

@naturewoman1274 Год назад

Wow lots of hard work, you're a trooper awesome job xx

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

It was hard work - pleased its done!!

@jonmatthews4254 9 месяцев назад

Like it

@Kay-xi9kv Год назад

So glad to have found your channel! I’m building a new farm and need to dig some swales too. Thanks from Northern California!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Hi Kay - welcome!! I gleaned my swale knowledge from my PDC teacher Geoff Lawton - check out his videos if you haven’t already. His advice - your longest swale will be from the lowest point on your highest boundary - see how that works for you!!

@williamreeder3660 Год назад

Great Video

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks William

@worksmith5223 Год назад

love what you have done with your place! :)

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks - very much a work in progress but it’s getting there 😊

@simonbrady5287 Год назад

Nice work Linda, you have so many trees going in at the moment, I need to get planting some of mine

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Simon - it’s the perfect time to get them in!

@senko8534 11 месяцев назад

Just a small Tipp: I would make the mini swails a bit wider because the erosion is gonna erase all the work in just a few years I had to learn that the hard way

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! It’s a bit challenging with the upper ones as it’s so steep but can certainly improve the lower one 👍😄

@Bernie5172 Год назад

an Excellent presentation Linda

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thank you! It all seems to be going well so far!

@nicolasmejia1736 Год назад

Amazing work congratulations

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thank you so much 😊

@joemc111 Год назад

A good way to check your A frame would be to use your pond. Pick a spot on the pond bank and mark it,then go all the way around your pond to see if you are at the same elevation that you started at.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Great idea - will have to give that a go - thanks😊

@deborahlee8135 Год назад

That's impressive work on the side of the hill and two wonderful sources of water. Great olive choices too IMO Linda and it won't be long before you harvest. Have you pressed for oil before or is there somewhere you will take them?

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Deborah. My friend has pressed her olives before. There is an olive farm not too far away and they will do it for you!

@deanwitt7903 Год назад

Are you in New Zealand ? What area ? I like the spirit level idea .

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

I’m in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia! The spirit level works well - I put it on & take it off as needed so I can use it elsewhere also! Thanks for watching 😊

@TemplarX2 Год назад

It's great to see someone doing it by hand instead of hiring those monstrous polluting excavators to dig swales. The hiring are usually done by young fit men too. If you can grow vetiver bushes along the swales, the root system will form a natural wall, strengthening the swales and forcing the water to sink deeper into the table while at the time increasing the amount of water the swales will contain naturally when it is raining. A bit lower you can grow your olive. You have to water it until the roots can go deep.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thank you - I will definitely look into vetiver and if I can get it here!! It's kind of fun to do things by hand. I'm always inspired by Sean at Edible Acres who does most of his earth works by hand - makes you believe that you can do it!! Hey if you're interested in seeing the olive trees 7-8mths on, I am publishing a video on Sunday with an update ( showing them in an installing a swivel pipe video!) Thanks so much for watching and for your advice!! 😊

@alishaberrey4479 5 месяцев назад

Wwo. Thank for this. This was really helpful! If you wanted to plant a veggie garden, how would you do that?

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 5 месяцев назад

In one of my early videos - a kitchen garden video - I talk about using a mini swale to help hydrate that. Check that one out (~2.5yrs ago) and see if that helps you! Thanks for watching 😊

@alishaberrey4479 5 месяцев назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculturethanks!

@alishaberrey4479 5 месяцев назад

@@huttonsvalleypermacultureAlso, just curious. A lot of the videos I watch on permaculture are from Australia. Not many Americans (at least in my experience) do it. Is that more of an Australian trend or something that's popular there?

@MartinaSchoppe Год назад

Checking out you mini-swaling (that's the verb, yeah? To swale = to build swales!?!😂) your olive grove, because I decided, my garden needs a mini-swale or two or three 😊. Question. Do you plan to move your new fence? It looks like it (and all the older fences...) will get very much in the way while caring for and harvesting from the trees. The hillside also looks very steep - that could get interesting while harvesting. 😵‍💫

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Mini- sealing yes haha!! It’s too hard to get fencing guys out to do small jobs so I think fences are staying g as is! Harvesting/ yes thought about that and agree with you that it will be challenging. If I can’t harvest half of them we’ll so be it - they’ll still look good there 😆

@MartinaSchoppe Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture well, gravity to the rescue - you just need VERY big sheets (or many smaler ones) to to create an olive chute all the way down the hillside to the flatter part and catch all the olives there with some sort of smart funnel

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

I had thought of lots of fine netting. I like the chute idea. It will be a work in progress once the trees start producing

@MartinaSchoppe Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture oh, yes. like those you cover the trees with. That should work

@organiccleanfoodconnection Год назад

I live in the United States we’re running out of water very dry here. I really enjoyed the video thank you. Can you tell me the name of the tree that was a nitrogen fixer? Thank you any suggestions for setting up a food forest for a dry climate? My other problem is chemical farming is surrounding me. The Mulberry tree is the only tree I can keep growing they don’t kill. for my canopy. Any other type of tree suggestions would be appreciated. Just lovely :-)

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Hi there - thanks so much for watching. The nitrogen fixing tree is called a tagasaste tree or tree lucerne. Not sure if it's available where you are. Hopefully the chemicals don't fly into your property or alternatively, wash in with rain events!? Not sure your scale but maybe you should check out Geoff Lawton's greening the desert project in Jordan - Discover Permaculture with Geoff Lawton. He has turned a small very dry property into an oasis with permaculture design. Sounds like you need to build some soil and perhaps put in some nurse trees to help protect younger productive trees. I'm doing a bit of that here but he does it in a very dry landscape. It's also hot so the tree selection may not suit you. But what he does do well is discuss the strategies used for water harvesting and water retention that has made a huge difference to the property in Jordan. It's a bit hard to make suggestions with out knowing temp range etc but you might be able to use some of his ideas to get things going a bit better at your place, then the tree selection may be easier. Well done with the mulberry - I'm struggling to get mine going here!!

@organiccleanfoodconnection Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture thank you so much for all the information. I will look into that. I have several mulberry trees that are volunteer. But they evidently really like dry :-) best of luck

@jimdotcom1972 8 месяцев назад

is there a follow up video on these things? did they work out? those swales are so thin its had to believe that such small interventions can make a big difference, seems like they'd need a lot of maintanance for not much benefit, especially for olive trees, i'd love to see the results.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 8 месяцев назад

Hi James - I put them in to ensure the trees established well and were able to cope with their first dry summer. The trees are doing great - it’s been a couple of years now. The lower swale doesn’t work any longer as the spring has now moved lower down that little gully. A lot of work putting these swales in , you’re right, but I just wanted to ensure the trees survived and I wouldn’t have to do them again. Now that they are growing I’m not worrying about them and as you say they are olive trees which are pretty hardy in dry times. I’ve show the trees in one video but didn’t show the swales - will have to do follow up! Thanks for watching and your comment!

@thoriqziyaad5877 Год назад

Hello! Whereabout is this place. You sound like you're a Kiwi in New Zealand. Or maybe an Oz.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Hi there! I’m an Aussie and I live in south Gippsland which is in Victoria- near the southern tip of mainland Australia! Thanks for watching 😄

@alishaberrey4479 5 месяцев назад

does the grass help hold the swale in place

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 5 месяцев назад

Yeah I suppose it does although I think it’s mostly the soil!

@anthonyburke5656 8 месяцев назад

Why the “A” frame, in preference to a “Bunyip Level”?

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 8 месяцев назад

I think just because it’s easy and it’s what I learnt to do first 🙅‍♀️

@amaranoloisaac6978 Год назад

Greetings pls can olive tree do will in water flood area

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Hi there. I probably didn't make it clear enough in the video but the little spring flows very intermittently - only after heavy rains. My plan was to irrigate the hillside at these times to help establish the trees and hydrate the very dry slope a bit. I'm actually going to almost stop that spring now to increase the flow of water to my dam rather than that gully. We are in summer now and each of those trees ( except the one a cow ate down ) are growing really well - certainly not overwatered. Thanks for the query!!

@jonerikmedina1662 Год назад

What is the width of your a frame can you advice me on width of the a frame or could i make it to the width of beds for example on a 50 x 100 wanted to do beds 40 inches wide with a 12 inches walkway/drain how to go about making the a frame

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Hi Jon the frame you see in the video is about 1m wide at the bottom. I did use it when making my veggie garden beds which I have on contour. I put markers along the contour then worked out the width of the bed and path. Then moved the frame up the slope to check that each of the other beds were to follow that same contour - which they did! I hope this helps with your project. Thanks for watching!!

@jonerikmedina1662 Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture hi its heavy clay soil I hv to work with the retention capability of contour gardening will this cause any issues for heavy clay soil

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

I think making your beds on contour is a good idea. It would be good to do no dig style garden beds and lay lots of organic material, compost & mulches, on top. It may take a little while for the soil structure to improve but by feeding the soil you will get an increase in soil microbiology which will change the soil structure and allow water to move through it more readily. If you haven't seen my video on the soil food web check that out and of course all the work of Elaine Ingham. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iiAcmdoPft0.html

@jonerikmedina1662 Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture ok I was also thinking about doing core aeration on the beds to quicken the structure but I would be using grit gravel(sharpsand) to fill the plug holes

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Oh ok - haven’t heard how that works but you did remind me that I used a broad fork to help reduce compaction without turning the soil then put the organic material on top

@aityadeen123 7 месяцев назад

didnt know olive grows in uk . what variety is that ?

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 7 месяцев назад

I also don’t know if olive grows in the UK, here in southern Australia it grows quite well. The varieties are Manzanillo and Frantoio

@aityadeen123 7 месяцев назад

apologies. for some reason i though you were in uk.i great content + i admire your drive and hard work @@huttonsvalleypermaculture

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 7 месяцев назад

@aityadeen123 No worries!! Thank you for that ☺️

@Sarrett.Studios 8 месяцев назад

Weed eat that hillside lol

@huttonsvalleypermaculture 8 месяцев назад

I’d love to but there’s no way I could manage my brush cutter on that steep of a slope! I wish I could. Perhaps I need a few goats!!

@at1the1beginning Год назад

Olives are mediterranean plants - hot, dry and well draining is what they need. Why do you think planting them near a spring/stream with water logging soil makes these grow? =/

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Hi there - I just want them to establish well . I can redirect the water away from them down the track as needed. The area I planted them in does get the most sun on my property and I hope sufficient to see them thrive. We had a very dry summer and I was worried they wouldn’t take off. Thanks for your thoughts - I definitely will be keeping on eye on their progress 👍

@MartinaSchoppe Год назад

Yes, NOW the mediterranean area is hot and dry. But it was not always. It only got WAY more dry after all the "great" empires around the med deforested most of the land in favour for grain aggriculture. So how do we know that "olives need it to be dry and hot" is not just assumption due to a shifting baseline?

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

My olives are going great btw - will be showing them in a video soon 👍👍

@louisegogel7973 Год назад

I would love to watch this video and hear your wisdom, but the brief and too abrupt visual transitions and very quick speaking are too much for me to cope with. The quick speaking slowing down on .75 speed helped, but did nothing for the visuals. Would you please use longer shots and move slowly as you pan around? And not jump around so much… so try different ways to transition from one perspective to another?? Your information is valuable from the very little I could cope with watching.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Louise for the feedback! I will certainly think a bit more about that in future and be more mindful with filming and editing! You hear in the video making world that you need to keep changing shots a lot to keep people interested so important to hear others thoughts on this!! So sorry you had trouble watching and listening! My videos are certainly a work in progress! Thanks again Linda

@louisegogel7973 Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture Thank you so much for your response! I think that people who really want to learn about permaculture are not the impatient flashy kind of people. I wouldn’t listen to the outside world on this one… just your intuition and observation of what is working for others presenting similar types of videos. The longer shots allow us to really observe well. If you look at Geoff Lawton’s videos, they are very slow and steady and have a ton of views and followers. I would love to see the same for you and every other person brining their permaculture experiences to the world! The more the better! Also, watch one of Steve Young Horsemanship videos and you will see they are often two hours long of pretty steady slow filming and extremely popular too. Those who want to learn are very patient and appreciate the detail that goes into the explanations and steady filming. 💚💦🍀🌿🌳 Edit: please post a response here if you do decide to try out the slower steadier method and I will be sure to be able to see it.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture Год назад

Thanks Louise you’ve certainly given me something to think about. I love watching Edible Acres. Sean does long explanations with slow filming and I find it really interesting and of course I love all of Geoff’s! I have to trust that people will want to watch and listen to me like they do for them. Appreciate your thoughts

@louisegogel7973 Год назад

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture 🌿💚🍀👍🏼🍀💚🌿

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